As Rickey spoke about the attack he mentioned that we need to start adopting the words of Malcolm X and handle things, “By any means necessary.” Rickey wants the people that did this attack to know we aren’t our grandparents and will fight back.

He wants us all to legally be able to protect ourselves from incidents like this. Rickey also spoke about how if the police find the alleged attackers the media will paint them as the victim instead of Smollett.